Re: Another screw question
So I call up the local hardware store and ask if they have hex socket (allen drive) screws. They say yes and transfer me to the "bolt room." I ask the clerk there if they can match up my tiny fillister screw to allen screws the same size. 'Oh hey, no problem.' I let him know I'll be there shortly with my screw.
I arrive there with my screw in a bag and remind the guy whats up. By the looks of him, there is no way the guy is over 25, and he doesn't look very professional at all. I hand him the screw and he stares at it. He stares at it and tells me this is made of plastic. I inform him that it is indeed made of metal, that it was magnetized and plastic does not magnetize. He stares at it some more, this time looking at the threads. Never once does he try to even attempt to match it up in a screw identifier. He just stares at it and rolls it around in his fingers.
Long story short, after some more staring at it he asks me what I'm looking for (HINT: IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, DUMMY!) So I tell him I want a screw, that same size, with that same thread, but with an allen head. Well, he tells me that they dont have that. I ask him if he knows another place that would and he doesn't know. Yeah big surprise.
Just when I think this guy cant get any dumber, he tells me that I should call and ask next time if they had stuff like this. That's right. The guy who I called and asked if they had something like what I needed, and who I reminded when I got there that I called and asked, told me that I should have called and asked.
Now at this point I still dont know what screw I need, but now I'm also pissed off at the clerk. I looked at him blankly, dumbfounded over his thick-headedness. He says nothing so I open my mouth and say "Yeah, next time." There's not going to be a next time for that store If I can help it. They lost my business.
All that grief and I still have no answers.
